Re: Advise needed: Can I use/learn Oracle quickly?

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:28:27 -0800
Message-ID: <1077233266.194969@yasure>

Paul wrote:

> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu says...
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>>Apparently it has been a long time since you've checked the price of
>>Oracle. One can now purchase a license for a lot less than $1000 USD.

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> I recently did a database membership project for a not-for-profit
> organisation - there would be no question of spending 2 - 3000 dollars
> just for the db licences. I used what's in my sig Interbase 6.0.1.6 -
> cost $0.
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> I'm currently trying to learn Oracle (essentially trying to reskill
> myself), and don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking it - it's just that
> the quote from Ed Prochak "But I also learned enough that ORACLE is not
> best for ALL needs, especially given the costs." was very very true in
> this case.
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> It wasn't like the organisation needed the power and sophistication of
> Oracle.
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> Paul...

Lets make sure we are communicating ... Oracle 9i Standard Edition One has a 5 user license for 5 x $149 US. If you want and need an industrial strenght database with Oracle's capabilities this is the best you are going to get for the money.

If all you need is electronic 3x5 cards I'd suggest MySQL though what you used works too.

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Received on Thu Feb 19 2004 - 17:28:27 CST